Combined window-shade and curtain-rod supporting bracket.



N 865 077. PATENTED SEPT. a. 9 7. .E. L. BROWN.

, COMBINED WINDOWSHADE AND OURTAINROD SUPPORTING BRACKET; APZLIOATIOII FILED IA 26, 1907.

EDWIN L. BROWN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

. COMBINED WINDOW-SHADE AND CURTAIN-ROD SUPPORTING BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed May 25,1907- Serial No. 375,63L.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. Bnown, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Window-Shade and Curtain-Rod Supporting Bracket; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide a combined bracket for supporting window shades and curtain rods, and to this end it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a view in elevation, looking at the inner side of a window frame, and showing a window shade and a curtain rod supported by a pair of my improved brackets. Fig. 2 is a detail view in side elevation, showing one of the supporting brackets removed from the supporting bar. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the bracket shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail in side elevation with some parts broken away, also showing one of the improved brackets. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the bracket supporting bar; and Fig. 6 is a detail in front elevation, showing one end of the supporting bar shown in Fig. 5.

The casing of the window frame is indicated by the numeral 1. I

The curtain rod is indicated by the numeral 2 and the window shade by the numeral 3.

The numeral 4 indicates diametrically a pair of curtains supported by the rod 2. Each supporting bracket is made up of two sections 5 and 6 that are connected by a hinge 7, and the member 5 is provided with a pronged inner end 8 that is formed with slots 9. Also, the said member 5 is formed with reversely bent stop fingers 10 and 11, the former of which limits the movement of the member 6 in one direction to a straight line with respect to the member 5, and the latter of which limits the movement of the said member 6 in the other direction to a position at 90 degrees to said member 5. The free end of the hinged member 6 is preferably bent upon itself at 12 to adapt it to rigidly hold a vertically projecting pin 13 that is adapted to be inserted in the usual way through perforations in the ends of the curtain rod 2. These curtain rods are usually made telescopically adjustable and perforated at or near their ends. The body member 5 of one of the brackets is provided with a perforation 14 through which the round trunnion of the shade roller is adapted to be passed, while the body member 5 of the other bracket is provided with a notch 15 that is adapted to receive the other trunnion of the shade roller, this feature, of course, being of the usual construction.

The two brackets are supported with freedom for lateral adjustments or sliding movements toward and from each other, by means of a supporting bar 16 which in cross section is z ngular to approximately fit the slots or perforations 9 of the said brackets. The ends 01' this supporting bar 16 are secured to the top of the casing preferably by means of screws 17.

When the two brackets are applied to the supporting bar 16, they usually slide laterally until their body portions 5 are brought into the proper adjustments for engagement with the trunnions of the shade roller. Then the hinged outer end sections 6 may be moved pivotally so as to properly space the curtain rod supporting pins 13 for engagement with the perforations in the ends of said rod. Also by means of these hinge-like adjust-,

ments of the member 6, the curtain rod may be thrown at any desired distance inward or'outward from the casing and from the rolled portion of the window shade.

What I claim is:

1. In'a device of the kind described, the combination with a supporting bar, of a pair of brackets slidably mounted thereon and provided with hinged outer end sections, the inner portions of which brackets are adapted to support a shade roller and the outer of which portions are adapted to support a curtain rod, substantially as de scribed.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a supporting bar which is angular in cross section, of a pair of brackets, each made up of two sectionsconnected by a hinge, .the inner sections of which brackets are provided with pronged ends having" angular perfora tions adapting them to slide on said supporting rod and having seats for the reception oi? thetrunnions of a shade roller, and the hinged outer sections of said brackets having projecting pins adapted to be passed through perforations in the curtain rod, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a bar 10 which is angular in cross section and is adapted to be secured to a window casing, of bracket sectionsb having pronged inner ends 8 formed with angular perforations adapting them to slide upon said bar 16, one of said sections 5 having'a perforation 1- and the other having a notch 15, and both of said sections 5 having stop fingers 10 and 11, and outer sections 6 connected to said sections 5 by hinges 7 and working between said stop fingers 10 and 11 and provided at their free ends with pins 1?) adapted to be inserted through perforations of it our .tain rod, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN L. BROWN.

Witnesses JAY W. CRANE, F. D. Mnncimnr. 

